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By Rebecca Saltzman

Substantive Changes Arrive at BART: The “Fleet of the Future” by Rebecca Saltzman, BART Director Installation at all 50 stations should be completed by the end of 2025. For those who want to take your bike on BART, we are making it easier than ever. The BART Board recently voted to update the “Bikes on BART” rules for t...

By Rebecca Saltzman

by Rebecca Saltzman My name is Rebecca Saltzman, and I am the recently elected BART Board Member for District 3, which includes Rockridge. I’m excited to represent Rockridge on the board. For five years, I lived a short walk away from the Rockridge BART stati...

By Rebecca Saltzman

watch BART meetings online live or archived. Learn more about the board and its meetings at www.bart.gov/board. District 3 BART rep Rebecca Saltzman wants to improve connections between BART and ACTransit. /R. Saltzman are purchasing new rail cars, replacing the train control system, and expanding the Hayward maintenance facility. Reinvesting in our core system is my number one priorit...

By Rebecca Saltzman

an $8 million settlement agreement with Caltrans over the environmental documentation of the Fourth Bore by Rebecca Saltzman, District 1 BART boardmember, including Rockridge Thanks to helpful input from community members, BART has recently made several improvements to the Rockridge BART station. The Rockridge station plaza is a well- used area that needs regula...

...ousing surrounding them. I think we’re ready for the challenges.” Saltzman emphasized that there will be many more community meet- ings and opportunities for input, in person and online, and encourages anyone with questions to email her at Rebecca.Saltzman@bart.gov. n BART Open House, from previous page however, expressed concerns about the impact of increased traffic on local streets; the environmental impact to the underground waterway (Temescal Creek runs beneath the station); the removal...

stations around the Bay Area of which 30 percent are affordable. Many more are in the pipeline. BART’s Vice Chair and Director of District 3, Rebecca Saltzman, spoke recently to a meeting of Upper Broad- way Advocates (UBA) about BART’s interest in developing the Berkeley and Rockridge stations. “Although it is still very early to start talking about the Rockridge Station, Councilmem- ber Kalb a...

...We’re looking to find a developer to start that process by the end of this year. Once we have a developer team on board, there will be a lot more of a process involving the community, the City, BART, and the developers,” says BART Director Rebecca Saltzman. When Home Depot was intending

By Kevin Faughnan

at Rebecca.Saltzman@bart.gov. Next month, we'll review what AC Transit is planning for its buses and routes.

...s problem from recurring. All BART elevator floors, including the flooring of the Rockridge elevator, will be replaced by the end of the year. If you have input or questions about the Rockridge station or any BART issue, please email me at Rebecca.Saltzman@ bart.gov or leave a phone message for me at 510/464-6095. BART Repairs from page 1 increased the frequency of cleaning at the station and in the plaza to help keep these areas attractive. Following previous earthquake safety work at the s...

...ollowing: Editor: editor@rockridge.org www.rockridge.org The Rockridge News, 4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611 RCPC Voice mail: 510/869-4200 BART Plaza Area Spiffed Up With the backing and support of Rockridge-area BART Boardmember Rebecca Saltzman for concerns expressed by Rockridge District Association (RDA) Operations Manager Chris Jackson, BART maintenance crews have been at work, and

By Don Kinkead

by Don Kinkead Reports of concern at the severe neglect and die-off of plants in BART’s west parking lot area led The Rockridge News to contact District 1 BART boardmember Rebecca Saltzman for information about plans to save the plants. BART had fully landscaped the area following earthquake retrofit work at the station. Following is the content of a staff report made to her: “This area was landscaped at the request of the c...

...le, Owner of Vero and RDA Board Member. Middle: Louise Rothman-Riemer, Co-Owner of DHR Investments and RDA Secretary; Mayor Jean Quan; Susan Bernosky, Principal of Strahan Ins. Svcs and RDA President; Dan Kalb, newly elected Councilmember; Rebecca Saltzman, newly elected BART Director, District 3. Rear: Chris Jackson, RDA Operations Manager, Hank Levy, Owner of Henry C Levy, CPA and RDA Treasurer. by Susan Bernosky, RDA president The Rockridge District Association (RDA), a Rockridge Business...

The special guest list included Mayor Jean Quan, newly elected District 1 Councilmember Dan Kalb and newly elected District 3 BART Boardmember Rebecca Saltzman. District 3 includes Rockridge. /D. Kinkead The event is held to celebrate a year of successes for the businesses of the Rockridge District. It should be noted that years of commitment from the original Rockridge Merchant Association, and ...